Pacers Start Spring Break with 12-10 Win over Lyco
Lauren Smith stopped 11 shots and held Lyco to four second-half goals

Pacers Start Spring Break with 12-10 Win over Lyco

Women's Lacrosse - 3/13/2017 9:05:00 PM

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Scranton, Pa. – In an extemporaneously played game rescheduled due to the incoming nor'easter, Marywood University ended a two-game slide to hold off Lycoming College 12-10 Monday in women's lacrosse. The Pacers came out on top during their third straight game played within a four-goal differential.

The game was originally scheduled to be played in Williamsport on Wednesday.

Sam Bussinelli led the Pacers with five goals and an assist. Ashley Valway came through in the second half to finish with three goals and two assists. Gwyneth Gleason added two goals and three assists.

Natalie Burke tallied a team-high four ground balls to move her into fifth all-time in school history, passing Stephanie Naro '12 with her 136th career pickup. Kelly Ciabattone had two caused turnovers.

Lauren Smith notched her third win of the year with 11 saves. Katrina Kelly totaled a goal and an assist.

Marywood broke open a 7-7 tie in the second half by scoring the Warriors 5-1 over nearly a 16-minute span. Bussinelli put the Pacers ahead 8-7 from Valway with 20:52 remaining in the game. Gwyneth Gleason converted a free-position shot to provide the game's first multi-goal lead.

After Kelly McGinniss halved the Warriors' deficit to 9-8 with 10:46 remaining, Marywood went on a three-goal run over a 2:40 time frame. Kylie Winton found Bussinelli on her free-position attempt to go ahead 10-8. Valway scored twice in 29 seconds from Bussinelli and Gleason, respectively, to grow the Pacers' lead to 12-8 with 4:16 left.

McGinniss responded 14 seconds later right off of the draw control. Lycoming trimmed its hole to two goals when goalkeeper Nicole Gerling hit Jordan Lazarich on the run for a rare assist with 2:27. Lazarich nearly engineered a full comeback after winning a 22-second draw control and added a key groundball pickup; however, Smith made a save on a McGinniss shot with 72 seconds left that was the Warriors' final chance at goal.

Lycoming started the game with an early 2-1 lead when Hailey Kimble scored at the 20:47 mark of the first. Kelly halted Lyco's momentum when she intercepted a pass from the goalkeeper and scored into an empty net 41 seconds later.

Zoe Simeone had her first career assist tie to tie the game at six apiece when she found Bussinelli on the go with 4:44 remaining in the first half. Thirty-nine seconds later, Gleason put the Pacers ahead 7-6 on another FPS goal.

McGinniss finished with four goals and eight draws for the Warriors (1-2). Lazarich and Kayla DiJoseph each had a goal and three assists. Kim Rutherford caused four turnovers.

Marywood outshot the Warriors by a 26-23 margin and held onto a 20-19 advantage in ground balls. Lycoming doubled the Pacers 16-8 in draw controls. Marywood went 3 for 8 on free position shots, while the Warriors converted just one of six tries.

The Pacers changed their fortunes by going 17 for 21 on clears.

Marywood (3-2) starts its Colonial States Athletic Conference season with a bang when it travels to defending champion Cabrini University. 
 
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